The Story of Majorca and Minorca

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Author

Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916

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Produced by Jana Srna, Bryan Ness, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Million Book Project)

Language

English

LoC Class

DP: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Spain, Portugal

Subject

Balearic Islands (Spain) -- History

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52812

Release Date

August 16, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STORY OF MAJORCA AND MINORCA
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I Of King Jayme I. of Aragon and how he resolved to conquer Majorca and drive out the Moors
5. 5.CHAPTER II Tells how King Jayme won a victory over the Moors of Majorca; and gives some account of the Moorish capital
6. 6.CHAPTER III Tells how En Jayme besieged and took the capital, conquered the whole island, and became the first Christian King of Majorca
7. 7.CHAPTER IV King Jayme’s last visits—Settlement of the island—Acts and death of Jayme I., first King of Majorca
8. 8.CHAPTER V Tells how the King of Aragon took up Conradin’s glove; how the Pope’s curses went home to roost; and how En Pedro kept his tryst
9. 9.CHAPTER VI Tells how the Queen of Aragon went to Sicily with her sons, how Admiral Lauria won new victories, and how more of the Pope’s curses went home to roost
10. 10.CHAPTER VII Tells how young Federigo held Sicily against all odds, how the Catalan Company went to the east, and how Jayme of Majorca was restored to his island home
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII Tells how King Jayme II. at last reigned in peace, and how his page Raimondo Lulio attained the crown of martyrdom
12. 12.CHAPTER IX The career of Prince Fernando of Majorca; and tells how the orphan was taken home to its grandmother
13. 13.CHAPTER X King Sancho of Majorca
14. 14.CHAPTER XI King Jayme III. of Majorca
15. 15.CHAPTER XII Relates the adventures of Jayme and Isabel, describes the memorial chair, and records the end of the Majorcan dynasty
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII Relates the story, so far as it concerns Majorca, of the last Kings of Aragon
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV The Majorcans as navigators
18. 18.CHAPTER XV The Comunidades
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI The Majorcan historians—War of succession—Families ennobled—Cotoners—Raxa and Cardinal Despuig—Country houses
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII The Marquis of Romana and the patriot Jovellanos.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII Conclusion
22. 22.CHAPTER I Minorca—Its prehistoric remains—Mago the Carthaginian—Successive occupations
23. 23.CHAPTER II Conquest of Minorca by Alfonso III.—The Barbary pirates
24. 24.CHAPTER III British occupation of Minorca.
25. 25.CHAPTER IV Minorca as a base
26. 26.CHAPTER V Minorca under British rule
27. 27.CHAPTER VI Minorca twice lost
28. 28.CHAPTER VII The third occupation of Minorca—Loss of British rule
29. 29.INDEX — SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF THE RE-ISSUE.
30. 30.THE WORKS OF Elizabeth Barrett Browning and of Robert Browning.
31. 31.WORKS BY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON.
32. 32.NEW VOLUME. ADAM GRIGSON. By Mrs. HENRY DE LA PASTURE. DAILY TELEGRAPH. —‘Quite a notable achievement in many ways, there being at least three pictures of women contained in it which could not be improved upon.’ — VOLUMES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED.
33. 33.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Note:

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